SOCIAL DISTANCING PART 2

NO BATHING SUITS BUT DURING THESE LAST MANY WEEKS I HAVE HAD FUN MEETING UP WITH MY FRIENDS FROM THE POOL.  FOR YEARS I HAVE BEEN DOING AQUAFIT WITH THIS INCREDIBLE GROUP OF (MOSTLY) SENIORS AND WE HAVE ALL DEVELOPED QUITE A BOND.

I FEEL SO HAPPY THAT WE HAVE FOUND A WAY TO MEET WHILE STILL SOCIALLY DISTANCING .  BUT WE ARE ALL MISSING THIS FORM OF EXERCISE SOOOO MUCH. I FEEL THE LEAST AMOUNT OF ARTHRITIC PAIN WHEN I AM IN THE WATER SO I AM ABLE TO DO SO MUCH MORE FOR MY BODY IN THAT ENVIRONMENT.  NOW I HAVE SWITCHED OVER TO ONLINE CHAIR YOGA BUT ALTHOUGH IT IS GREAT FOR STRETCHING IT CERTAINLY DOESN’T GET MY HEART RATE UP.  I RELY ON WALKS FOR THAT BUT I AM STILL NOT ABLE TO WALK TOO FAR.

ANYWAY IT HAS BEEN GREAT TO CATCH UP ON WEEKLY STORIES WITH THIS GROUP AND A COUPLE OF BIRTHDAYS CELEBRATED TOO. 

MY DEAR FRIEND, BOB, IS 89 AND DOESN’T DRIVE ANYMORE SO YESTERDAY WE MET UP WITH HIM AT HIS HOME. SOMEONE BROUGHT HIM A CHAIR BUT HE DOESN’T HAVE THE KNEES TO GRACEFULLY SIT DOWN.  UNFORTUNATELY , HE JUST PLONKED DOWN INTO IT AND THE WHOLE THING TIPPED BACKWARDS AND HE SMACKED DOWN ONTO HIS BACK ON THE HARD DECK. 

AND BECAUSE OF SOCIAL DISTANCING WE HAD TO LEAVE HIM THERE FOR THE WHOLE VISIT.

KIDDING.

NO, THE POOR GUY WAS SO EMBARRASSED BUT HE SEEMED O.K. CONSIDERING AND WE ALL ENDED UP HAVING A NICE VISIT ONCE HE WAS ‘RIGHTED’ BY 3 MEN OF OUR GROUP. 

MY FAVOURITE PHOTO OF SOCIAL DISTANCING THOUGH IS NOT OF OUR POOL FRIENDS BUT THE FIRST PHOTO I HAVE INCLUDED WITH THE BALLOONS.  THIS PHOTO SAYS SOOO MUCH ABOUT THE JOYS THAT CAN STILL BE FOUND WHILE HAVING TO REMAIN PHYSICALLY APART.  I LOVE THE EXPRESSION ON THE GRAND DAUGHTER’S FACE AFTER SHE SEES THAT GRANDMA AND GRANDPA ARE THERE ….AND WITH PRESENTS AND BALLOONS!  PURE JOY ! 

I WISH YOU PURE JOY TODAY.  MAY YOU HAVE SOMETHING HAPPEN TODAY THAT LIFTS YOU UP AND BRINGS A HUGE SMILE TO YOUR FACE !